Unfamiliar film recommendation

[FrankS]

Im not familiar with either Legacy Pro 100 or Fomapan 100.
Can anyone familiar with both describe them to me, please?
I'm looking to buy some from Freestyle.
Thanks.

 

[mooge]

some say that Legacy Pro 100 is made by Fujifilm in Japan... and that it is in fact identical to their Neopan 100 acros.

all I know is that it's pretty good stuff.

 

[Steinberg2010]

If this helps - LegacyPro 100 is Fuji Neopan ACROS 100 rebadged.

I have 10 rolls of it that I haven't got round to shooting yet...

~S

 

[Muggins]

Fomapan has a blue base, and is very prone to curling, at least in 120. I'd dig out a print to give you some idea of the look but (a) I've no idea where I put them and (b) I suspect you're looking for something with a bit more quality than a Box Brownie!

Adrian

 

[Pete B]

Legacy Pro 100 seems to me to have low contrast mid tones particularly. It's a lovely film to work with. When I returned to film from digital, this was the first film I tried. I developed it in Ilfosol3 here:

Pete

 

[sepiareverb]

Legacy Pro is ACROS, a T-grain type film- smooth, grainless images with somewhat less shadow detail depending on development. Fomapan 100 is an old style film- and tends to be grainy and almost chalky in tonality- again, depending on development.

 

[FrankS]

Thanks for this info! Clearly a difference, and a choice to be made.

Oh, which would be best paired with Rodinol or HC110?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Frank,

Acros works best in Rodinal 1+50 in my opinion. As other have said, the Legacy Pro 100 is Acros and Acros is very fine grained with somewhat flat midtones.

Fomapan 100 works well in D76 1+1 or PMK. I haven't tried it in Rodinal and I never use HC-110.

 

[Freakscene]

Acros is a monosize cubic crystal emulsion with incorporated developing agents, not a flat/t-grain film. One thing to watch out for is that it is quite developer hungry and didn't work well in my tests with very dilute developers. It gives a very sharp, fine grain, modern B&W look.

Foma 100 in 35 mm does not have a blue base. It is an older style film that is quite grainy for the speed but gives an old-style tonality that some like a lot. There is a thread with some beautiful photos taken on it here: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1082711

Choose based on whether you want a modern or older style look. Both films work fine with HC110 in my experience.

Marty

 

[aad]

I've had good results with Acros in HC110 in I think dilution g, 1:64 or whatever, only 2 agitations for 30 seconds,over a total time of 9.5 minutes.

In fact, I use the same developer and time for Tri-X. Makes life easier.

 

[shadowfox]

I use Rodinal 1+50 on both films.
I like Legacy 100 because it has higher contrast, but less grainy.
Foma (or Arista.edu not Arista Premium) is more 'grey' but not creamy as with Adox CHS.

 

[Joe Vitessa]

You should know that Freestyle only has past-date, 100-foot rolls of Legacy Pro left. There won't be anymore Legacy Pro after that sells out. (Supposedly.)

J